Locomotive tender



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ELMER E. HICKEN, OF COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

LOCOMOTIVE TENDER.

Application filed November 9, 1927.

My invention relates to certain improvements in locomotive tendershaving a cast metal bottom section.

The object of this invention is to prov de a comparatively lightintegral casting which will form the bottom of the tank at thelongitudinal centre, the casting being provided with lateral arms towhich the sheet metal bottom plates are secured and to which also thetransverse bafi'les are secured.

The invention relates to other details which will be fully describedhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan view, on the line 11, of Fig. 3, of thelocomotive tender made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cast metal bottom frame;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 44, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View on the line 55, Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6v is a sectional view on the line 6-6, Fig. 5.

1 is the bottom frame of the tender, the frame extending the full lengthof the tender in the present instance. At each end of the tender arebumpers 2, which are preferably the full width of the tender, and castintegral with the frame is a coupling head 3, which may be made in anysuitable manner without departing from the essential features of theinvention.

4 is the base plate of the frame, and 5 is an upper plate, the upperplate being less in width than the base plate, the projecting portionsof the base plate forming longitudinal flanges 16. The two plates areconnected by longitudinal webs 6. The plates extend from one end of theframe to the other as clearly shown in the drawings. The bottom plate issolid.

At the water section a of the tender the upper plate has a series ofperforations 7, and the webs 6 are perforated at 8, so that water canfreely circulate in the space between the two plates.

Below the plate 4 is a box-shaped girder Serial No. 232,106.

9, which is cast integral with the frame, and on this girder are centrebearings 10 which rest in suitable bearings on the tender trucks (notshown).

On the frame are side bearing feet 11, which rest on suitable bearingplates carried by the structure.

Projecting laterally from the frame are a series of arms 1212 spaced agiven distance apart. The arms 12 are connected by webs 13 and arelocated the forward end of the frame. The arms and webs support thebottom plates on each side of the fuel section b of the tender. Each ofthe arms 1212 has a vertical rib 12 to which the lateral transverse dashplates 14 and 15 are attached, preferably by welding as shown in Fig. 6.

The sheet metal bottom plates 15 which are located at each side of theframe are se cured to the frame by welding them to the longitudinalflange 16 and to the arms 12. In the present instance the outer edges ofthe plates 15 are bent upwards and are welded at 03 to the side plates17 of the tender as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, although in someinstances the side plates may be bent under the arms and secured to theframe.

Projecting from the frame at the fuel sec tion are longitudinal ribs 18and a transverse rib 19, which are offset to form a shoulder on whichrest the side plates 20 and end plate 21, separating the fuel sectionfrom the water compartments at each side and at the rear end of the fuelsection.

The plates 20 and 21 are flared as shown at 20 and 21*, respectively, toprovide inclined side walls for the fuel section. The side plates arebraced by the dash plates 14-14which are attached to the arms 12 and tothe side plates 17 of the tender, while the end plate is braced by alongitudinal plate 22 extending from the bottom frame to the inclinedsection 21 of the plate 21, providing a very rigid construction.

At the forward end of the tender are headers 23 which close the waterchamber at the forward end, while at the rear is a header 24. Extendinglongitudinally in the water section a are stiflening or dash plates 25,which are connected to the dash plates 15, which in turn are connectedto the side plates of the tender and to the arms 12. Other dash plates15 extend vertically and are narrow as illustrated in Fig. 1. All ofthese plates are secured to the top plate 26 of the water section whichextends the full width of the tender and from the rear header 24 to theinclined portion 21" of the plate 21. This construction makes a veryrigid tender and a comparatively light one, owing to the fact that thegreater part of the weight of the bottom plate is at the centre of thestructure of the tender, and that the arms are of sufficient weight tocarry the load and to reinforce the structure.

I claim:

1. The combination in a locomotive tender, of a cast metal bottomsection extending from end to end of the tender and forming the mainsupport for the tender, said bottom section having lateral arms; sheetmetal bottom plates extending under the arms at each side of the tenderand secured to the frame; and side plates forming the sides of thetender.

2. The combination in a locomotive tender, of a longitudinally centrallyarranged casting having lateral arms provided with vertical ribs;transverse dash plates secured to the ribs; sheet metal bottom platesextending under the arms and secured thereto; and side plates formingthe sides of the tender to which the dash plates are also secured.

3. The combination in a locomotive tender, of a bottom section made in asingle casting extending from end to end of the tender and havinglateral arms spaced apart throughout its length and to which sheet metalbottom plates can be secured; and longitudinal members at the forwardend of the tender connected by transverse members to which the plateswhich divide the fuel section from the water section are secured.

4. A bottom frame for a locomotive tender made in a single castingextending from end to end of the tender, said frame having bumpers ateach end, and having laterally extending arms spaced apart to which thesheet metal bottom sections of the tender can be secured, said framehaving upper and lower plates and a longitudinal girder depending fromthe lower plate.

5. A bottom frame for a locomotive tender made in a single castingextending from end to end of the tender, said frame having bumpers ateach end, and having laterally extending arms spaced apart to which thesheet metal bottom sections of the tender can be secured, and to whichtransverse dash plates can be secured, said frame having upper and lowerplates and a longitudinal girder depending from the lower plate.

6. In a tender, a bottom frame so formed that a part of said frame iswithin the water space of the tender, said frame having transverse ribsat the arms projecting into the tender and to which transverse dashplates can be secured.

ELMER E. HICKEN.

